Baked sweet potato fries page

[mikebike]

What can I do to make these as crispy as possible? I'm guessing you've got to get some of the moisture out. Made some tonight with a nice spicy rub on them. They tasted great but would like them crispier. I baked them at 350 degrees for 20 minutes a side.

[Adrianne]

Fry them?

[mikebike]

Uh, the point is I don't want to fry them.

[Greensprout]

Here's a previous post on this: http://www.marksdailyapple.com/forum...e-french-fries

I haven't tried any of the suggestions, but plan to this weekend. Good luck.

[MalPaz]

uhh why would you avoid frying them...butter/tallow + sweet potato= very healthy filling meal

[yodiewan]

You could dehydrate them. Basically this is like roasting them at a low temperature, but you can drive out more moisture since you cannot burn them. I think you would want to bake them for a least a few minutes first though.

[Adrianne]

uhh why would you avoid frying them...butter/tallow + sweet potato= very healthy filling meal

I agree with you. When I eat sweet potato home fries I am satisfied for hours.

I used to be an apple freak but now that I've found sweet potatoes I almost don't care about fruit anymore.

[Chairdr]

Dehydrating is great, however you have to par boil them 1st, or else you get suckie dry chips that are not very appetizing. & it take all night. I dehydrated cooked spagetti squash as an experiment, turned out pretty good. Like spiderweb crackers. no seasonong. kind of a little sweet(only if your primal) CW's would never stomach them plain. I have never gotten sweet potato fries crisp (not burnt) by baking them.

[MariaNYC]

I've double-fried them in lard before, and they came out pretty crispy and very delicious

[aboutsaffron]

i haven't had luck frying them the same way as regular potatoes - it's like they never get crispy; just more & more soggy. I've had luck getting them to crisp up baking them on a rack over top a cookie sheet, though, so maybe give that a try?